A proposed budget cut is threatening to undo this progress, and if it passes, Americans will be less safe.

Katie Urban, reintegration services program manager for Goodwill of the Southern Alleghenies, said at Wednesday’s Cambria County Prison Board meeting that the reentry program has a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provided their annual ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Recidivism has been a topic in prison discussions in South Dakota for at least 20 years. It’s become a buzz word that’s been circulating in talks about a possible new men’s ...

“To provide postsecondary education to prisoners is not advocating that we be ‘soft on crime’. It is simply the most effective and least expensive method of getting some control over crime and ...

Last year, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order implementing a program to address high levels of recidivism in Arizona.

The problem is that, despite these results, the recidivism rate—those who return to drugs after being caught—is steadily ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Kentucky’s recidivism rate has declined for the second year in a row, with nearly 70% of those who were released from state custody ...

Williams: The Program Lowers Recidivism Rates ...

A new report from the Iowa Department of Corrections shows a decline in the number of inmates returning to prison. The recidivism rate, which looks at the number of individuals returning to prison ...

In a move expected to produce much greater understanding of the criminals filtering through Montgomery County’s jail system, county higher-ups will soon make a concerted effort to study repeat ...

Changes to Colorado’s crime policies led to a significant decrease in recidivism in the state’s prisons, but lowering penalties for certain offenses also increased the number of violent crimes, ...